Trump pardons January 6 rioters and exits Paris climate agreement in slew of executive orders – US politics live | Donald Trump inauguration

Summary: all the key policy actions taken by Donald Trump on inauguration day Long-term observers of president Donald Trump’s political tactics will remember his tendency to adopt what Steve Bannon calls “flooding the zone”, and yesterday’s inauguration day blitz of executive orders was in part intended to overwhelm the media and opponents so that it…

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Albanese vows to continue climate action despite Trump’s plans to pull out of Paris agreement | Australian foreign policy

Anthony Albanese has vowed to continue Australia’s action on climate change after United States president Donald Trump once again moved to pull his country out of the Paris agreement. The prime minister acknowledged Trump’s move would “impact the globe” on Tuesday but said Australia remained a sovereign nation with an interest in meeting the challenge…

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Hong Kong chief justice claims overseas judges have left due to ‘orchestrated harassment’ | Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s top judge has claimed the exodus of foreign judges from the judiciary’s benches since the introduction of the national security law is due to escalating geopolitical tensions and “orchestrated harassment”. The city’s chief justice, Andrew Cheung, made the remarks at the ceremonial opening of the city’s legal year on Monday evening in a…

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